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Paks welcome Mornar to Fehervari uti stadion for the first leg of their UEFA Conference League third qualification round tie on Thursday. The home side are coming off a 2-1 victory over Ujpest at the same venue in the Hungarian OTP Bank Liga over the weekend.
They went ahead through Joao Nunes' 36th-minute own goal while Matija Ljujic drew the visitors level in the 81st minute. Jozsef Windecker scored the match-winner in the second minute of injury time.
Atomcsapat will turn their focus to the continent, having booked their spot at this stage of the Conference League qualifiers with a comfortable 5-0 aggregate victory over AEK Larnaca in the last round. A 3-0 home win was followed by a 2-0 away win in Cyprus.
Mornar, meanwhile, fell to a 1-0 defeat at home to Otrant in the Montenegrin First League. Andjelo Rudovic's eighth-minute strike was the difference between the two sides.
The Bar outfit needed a penalty shootout victory against Radnicki 1923 to get to this stage following a 2-2 aggregate draw.
The winner of this tie will face either Mlada Boleslav or Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the playoff round for a place in the group stage. The losers will be eliminated from Europe.
Paks vs Mornar Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- This will be the first meeting between the two sides.
- Paks are unbeaten in their last five games (four wins).
- Mornar are competing in Europe for the first time in their history.
- Nine of Paks' 10 historical games in UEFA club competitions have produced over 1.5 goals.
- Paks have never made it to the group stage of a UEFA competition.
Paks vs Mornar Prediction
Paks kick-started their campaign with a shock 4-0 thrashing at home to Hunedora in the Europa League. Despite claiming a 2-0 victory in the second leg, they were relegated to the Conference League. György Bognár's side have rebounded with a four-game unbeaten run and are four games away from a maiden appearance in the group stage of a UEFA competition.
Continental debutants Mornar have successfully navigated two ties as heavy underdogs to get to this stage. They will be aiming to register a third scalp in what has already gone down as a memorable maiden sojourn in Europe.
We are backing the hosts to claim a routine victory and clean sheet.
Prediction: Paks 2-0 Mornar
Paks vs Mornar Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Paks to win
Tip 2 - Both teams to score: No
Tip 3 - Over 1.5 goals
